US Budget Watch 2024
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Maya MacGuineas Discussing New Debt Analysis on Bloomberg "Surveillance"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas joined Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance" with hosts Jonathan Ferro, Lisa...
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Trump and Biden: Tax and Spending Changes
In a recent analysis, we estimated that former President Donald Trump approved $8.4 trillion of new ten-year borrowing during his four-year term in...
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Donald Trump’s Proposal to Exempt Tip Income from Federal Taxes
US Budget Watch 2024 is a project of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget designed to educate the public on the fiscal impact of...
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Donald Trump’s 60% Tariff on Chinese Imports
Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently proposed implementing a tariff of 60 percent or higher on imports...
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Can Donald Trump Eliminate the Debt?
In discussing another potential term in office, last month, former President Donald Trump declared, "we’re going to pay off our debt.” President Trump...
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Is Life Expectancy Really Falling?
During the fifth GOP presidential primary debate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis argued against raising the Social Security retirement age because...
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Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security?
In less than ten years, Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent. Under the law, this will trigger an immediate 23 percent cut in...
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Update: Talking Debt and Deficits in the GOP Debates
In the first five Presidential GOP primary debates, the current active GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 31 times, with...
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How Much Did President Trump Add to the Debt?
In the recent GOP primary presidential debate, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley claimed that President Trump added $8 trillion to the...
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Talking Debt and Deficits in the GOP Debates
In the first four Presidential primary debates, the GOP candidates have mentioned the deficit or debt a combined 35 times, with former United Nations...
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Can Social Security Be Saved by Selling America’s Oil & Gas Reserves?
In a town hall hosted by Fox News, former President Donald Trump suggested that America’s fiscal problems – and specifically Social Security’s looming...
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Vivek Ramaswamy's Proposal to Increase Defense Spending
Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and current GOP presidential candidate, has proposed increasing spending on national defense to at least 4 percent of...